Attention, Edge of Tomorrow Superfans: A Sequel Is on the Way

Edge of Tomorrow, the 2014 sci-fi action film starring Tom Cruise and Emily Blunt, is finally getting a sequel. According to Deadline, Warner Bros. is dusting off the potential franchise and prepping a second installment, which will hopefully once again star Cruise and Blunt. Doug Liman, the director of the first film, will reportedly helm the second if all goes according to plan.

The surest sign that Warner Bros. is taking this seriously? The studio has apparently tapped Matthew Robinson (The Invention of Lying) to write the script after hearing his pitch for the next installment, Deadline notes. Deals for Cruise and Blunt won’t happen until a solid script is in place.

Edge of Tomorrow, based on the Hiroshi Sakurazaka graphic novel All You Need Is Kill, stars the duo as soldiers battling an alien invasion, with Cruise playing the wartime neophyte to Blunt’s hardcore warrior. It was a critical success upon release, earning winning reviews for its refreshing take on the genre. It also did fairly well at the box office, earning $370 million worldwide—though that figure falls short of Cruise’s usual standard, which explains why it took this long to get a follow-up film off the ground. Co-writer Chris McQuarrie said in a 2016 interview that an idea for a sequel had long been “locked and loaded,” though he couldn’t say much more beyond that. Writers Joe Shrapnel and Anna Waterhouse were tapped that year to write a sequel, but plans eventually stalled.

In the years since its release, Edge of Tomorrow has earned a dedicated following—including Oscar-winning writer-director Barry Jenkins, who went on an appreciative Twitter spree about the film last August. “Years later and EDGE OF TOMORROW totally holds up,” he wrote. “What a straight up FANTASTIC film! So relieved to find myself in the same state of awe upon revisiting. Hot DAMN.” With a review like that, who wouldn’t want a second helping?